Erythrai (BC 480-420) Drachm

ca 480 BC. AR Drachm (4.69g). Naked youth running beside horse galloping left, holding bridle, crescent and pellet design below groundline / E-P-Y-Î˜, floral rosette with twelve petals. Lovely old cabinet tone, very fine and with an excellent pedigree. Halliwell Coll.; ex Pozzi coll., Naville I, Lucerne (4/1921), lot 2443; ex Lockett coll, Glendiningâ€™s (2/1961), lot 2296.

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Filename:	417513.jpg
City/Mint name:	Erythrai
Keywords:	silver / archaic
References:	SNG Lockett 2816 (this coin) = Pozzi, lot 2443; TraitÃ© pl. CLIV, 29; SNG Munich 297; SNG von Aulock 1944; BMC 19
Valuation:	Baldwin's Auc. 68 (9/2010), lot 3419 (GBP 1,100 ($1,742) + comm)
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Date added:	Dec 25, 2011
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